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Turning living willow structures into dead ones!

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MummysBusy · 29/03/2019 13:37

Ive been very stupid and ordered a living willow dome for our tiny, new build garden. Although the website says the type of willow supplied is "non invasive" i dont think we should risk it considering it would be near a shared brick wall (and possibly near a water pipe).

If we left the willow to dry out, could we weave it later and have a dead structure? Ive seen pictures of people weaving dead willow in situ, but cant figure out how to kill it. Would I then need to soak it to get flexibility back?

Please help, Ive spent £100 on unusable sticks Blush My green fingered family will never let me forget it otherwise!

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greathat · 29/03/2019 13:40

Has it arrived? Can you cancel? If it was ordered online you should have a cooling off period?

MummysBusy · 29/03/2019 13:46

It came today. If theres no solution then i'll try to return it (returns policy is a bit unclear), but ideally id like to use it!

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MsMamaNature · 29/03/2019 16:11

Could you ring-bark it? This should explain the process:
www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=922

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